new external harddrive- locked

[nomadix]

howdy Folks;

got an external hard drive - was configured on PC - mate put some files on it - I can retrieve files but cannot delete them or put anything on this external - says locked

Does reguire to be wiped clean and configured on my Mac- I am G5 iMac OS X 10.3.9

cheers thanks in advance
enjoy holiday weeks end

 

[ravenvii]

Probably because your harddrive is formatted in NTFS. You have to reformat it as FAT32 if you want to use it with both Windows and OS X.

 

[mkrishnan]

You can also try MacFUSE. See this thread from the third time this was asked this week.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/346685/

 

[nomadix]

Howdy Folks;

Cheers ya for the info and directions to other posts

I think it best to have it wiped clean on the PC and start fresh on the iMac

had to be a format issue

enjoy the holiday weeks end

Cheers